dahil

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dalih (“be the reason for an action”) with metathesis.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdahil/ [ˈd̪a.hil̪]

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• IPA^(key): /ˈdaʔil/ [ˈd̪a.ʔil̪] (h-dropping)
• Hyphenation: da‧hil

dáhil (Basahan spelling ᜇᜑᜒᜎ᜔)

1. because; just because

   Synonyms: huli, ta, porke

• Hyphenation: da‧hil
• IPA^(key): /daˈhil/ [d̪ɐˈhil̪]

dahíl (Badlit spelling ᜇᜑᜒᜎ᜔)

1. to iron out

• rahil — dialectal, Rizal, informal

From a metathesis of Malay dalih (“reason; excuse”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dalih (“be the reason for an action”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈdahil/ [ˈd̪aː.hɪl]
• Rhymes: -ahil
• Syllabification: da‧hil

dahil (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜑᜒᜎ᜔)

1. because; since; for the reason that

   Synonyms: kasi, sapagkat

dahil (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜑᜒᜎ᜔)

1. cause; reason

   Synonyms: sanhi, katwiran, dahilan

2. purpose; motive

   Synonyms: layon, layunin

• lahid, Hilda

From Ottoman Turkish دخل (dahl, “connection, revenue”), from Arabic دَخْل (daḵl).

• IPA^(key): /da.hil/

dahil (definite accusative dahli, plural dahiller)

1. involvement

• dahletmek

• dâhil

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “دخل”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 566
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “dahil1”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “دخل”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 891
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN